senior housing options

Different Options Available for Senior Housing

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Are you confused with all the senior housing options out there? If your loved one or someone in your family needs housing or an assisted living facility, you can explore the senior housing options available for you.

 

Assessing Your Options

Since aging is a time for change and adaptation, planning for future housing needs is an essential part of improvement even as you get older. But regardless if you desire a lifestyle change or due to serious medical conditions, finding the right place can be both stressful and challenging for you and your family.

So the earlier you assess your current needs, the more options and control you will have.

However, the main point of making the best choice is to match your senior housing option with your financial needs, health, and lifestyle. You can either modify your own home to make it safer and more comfortable or you can move to a housing facility with more social options and support available on site.

 

Senior Housing Options

 

Aging In Place

Staying at home as you age is more advantageous if you want to keep a familiar place where you know the community and your neighbors. You can enjoy home care services and make home modifications or repairs so that life can be easier and safer.

    • Safe neighborhood
    • A close network of family, friends, and neighbors
    • Easily accessible transportation or alternate transportation to driving
    • Modified home to reflect your changing needs
    • Easy home and yard maintenance
    • Medical and physical needs don’t need a high level of care

 

Independent Living

This is just any housing arrangement made exclusively for seniors, such as those aged 55 and over. The housing environment is different from apartment-style living to freestanding homes.

This means that the housing is friendlier to older adults with easier navigation without maintenance or yard work to think about. Independent living can be your best option if you say yes to any of the following conditions.

    • You only see the need for minor assistance with activities of daily living
    • You like a place without a lot of upkeep of maintenance
    • You like socializing with peers and having activity options close by

 

Assisted Living Facilities

This residential option for seniors is suitable for those who want to help with some of the activities of daily living. This may include cooking, getting to the bathroom, keeping the house, and traveling to appointments.

Assisted living facilities offer 24-hour safety and security support, and access to care day or night. So a good facility will develop a personalized plan to meet the needs and accommodate any disabilities while giving freedom to do anything you can do for yourself.

 

Nursing Homes

This provides custodial care, such as getting in and out of bed and providing assistance with bathing, dressing, and feeding. But nursing homes differ from other senior housing facilities as they also provide a high level of medical care.

Overall, when you decide to choose the right senior housing facility that is good for you, it is essential to think about the needs you will have in the future. Such would include medial and physical needs, location and accessibility, home maintenance, financial needs, and social and emotional needs.

 

Richmont Senior Living is proud to serve Ashland, NE and the surrounding cities: Memphis, Springfield, South Bend, Greenwood, Murdock, Waverly, Murdock, Ithaca, and Chalco

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Signs a Person May Need Assisted Living

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It can be one of the hardest things to tell your parent or another loved one that he or she needs more help. That is why it is important to determine the signs that it is time to consider moving into an assisted living facility.

 

Signs That an Older Adult Needs Assisted Living

  • An empty refrigerator or filled with spoiled food
  • The older adult is always wearing the same clothes daily
  • Failure to clean and tidy the house and yard
  • Forgetfulness of the older adult
  • Strange or inappropriate behavior
  • Signs of depression
  • Bruises due to frequent falling or balancing problems

Perhaps it is time to consider the need to move to an assisted living facility. But what can you expect there? The need to do certain activities of daily living? This may involve things like cooking, going to the bathroom in the middle of the night, keeping the house, and traveling to some appointments.

 

Services at Typical Assisted Living Facility

  • Three meals a day served in a dining area common for seniors
  • Assistance when eating, bathing, dressing, and bathroom time
  • Housekeeping services
  • Access to health and medical services
  • Medication management
  • Laundry services
  • Recreational and social activities
  • 24/7 security
  • Availability of staff to help with scheduled needs and unexpected issues

It would be stressful to plan about moving, regardless of your situation. Nevertheless, thinking about leaving your home for an assisted living facility can be a different story.

Of course, there are factors that can make you feel very vulnerable as a natural response to leaving your home.

But think that it is just normal to feel that way as it is just like losing your independence or a huge part of your identity. Talking to someone sympathetic in times like this can really help. You may also engage in counseling and therapy as an option where you can give yourself some time to grieve and get used to the change.

 

Tips To Make It Easier To Move To An Assisted Living Facility

It can be stressful in the beginning to consider living in an assisted living facility, but you can also do things to make the transition much easier.

  • Stay busy
  • Know what to expect
  • Go easy on yourself
  • Pack well in advance for the move

 

Support Loved Ones Moving To An Assisted Living Facility

  • Acknowledge the feeling of loss when your loved one chooses to move
  • Call and visit them as often as possible in the assisted living facility
  • Work through the period of adjustment together after moving into the facility
  • Help them personalize the living space they choose to move into

 

Choosing An Assisted Facility

  • About The Staff

Check if the staff has time to speak with you or not. Are they friendly and interested in you? Find out if they interact warmly with current residents or they just seem overwhelmed or stressed out.

 

  • About The Residents

Determine if the residents are happy and enjoying their interaction with one another. It will be more favorable if people look interesting to live with.

 

  • About The Facility

See for yourself if the assisted living facility is clean and fresh all around. See if the facility is also safe and secure as it provides peace of mind to residents. Moreover, you can find out more about the food, and if the menu options favor your taste.

 

Richmont Senior Living is proud to serve Ashland, NE and the surrounding cities: Memphis, Springfield, South Bend, Greenwood, Murdock, Waverly, Murdock, Ithaca, and Chalco